Sion Airport

airport in Sion, Switzerland
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Summary

Sion Airport is an airport[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of airport entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (40 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Sion Airport is located in Canton of Valais[3].
  • Sion Airport is located in Sion[4].
  • Sion Airport is in the country of Switzerland[5].
  • Sion Airport's instance of is recorded as airport[6].
  • Sion Airport's IATA airport code is recorded as SIR[7].
  • Sion Airport's ICAO airport code is recorded as LSGS[8].
  • Sion Airport's ICAO airport code is recorded as LSMS[9].
  • Sion Airport's Commons category is recorded as Sion Airport[10].
  • Sion Airport's runway is recorded as 07/25[11].
  • Sion Airport's runway is recorded as 07/25 GRASS[12].
  • Sion Airport's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 46.219166666666666, 'longitude': 7.326944444444444}[13].
  • Sion Airport's official website is recorded as https://www.sionaeroport.ch/[14].
  • Sion Airport's place served by transport hub is recorded as Sion[15].
  • Sion Airport's date of official opening is recorded as June 1935[16].
  • Sion Airport's short name is recorded as Sion[17].
  • Sion Airport's short name is recorded as Sion[18].
  • Sion Airport's short name is recorded as Sitten[19].
  • Sion Airport sits at an elevation of {'amount': '+1582'}[20].
  • Sion Airport's aerodrome reference point is recorded as {'latitude': 46.219166666666666, 'longitude': 7.326944444444444}[21].
  • Sion Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+94'}[22].
  • Sion Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+287'}[23].
  • Sion Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+15161'}[24].
  • Sion Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+7658'}[25].
  • Sion Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+3399'}[26].
  • Sion Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+6227'}[27].

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Geography

Sion Airport is in the country of Switzerland[5]. Located in include Canton of Valais[3], a canton of Switzerland[28], in Switzerland[29], founded in 1815[30] and Sion[4], a Municipality of Switzerland[31], in Switzerland[32].

Physical Characteristics

Sion Airport sits at an elevation of {'amount': '+1582'}[20].

Designation and Status

Sion Airport's instance of is recorded as airport[6].

Why It Matters

Sion Airport ranks in the top 3% of airport entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (40 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 21d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/55346|batch #55346]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 17w ago · 501ghost · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Openstreetmap way id → 1529333685
    Openstreetmap relation id → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Openstreetmap relation id: 8904897"
  3. 22w ago · Ikan · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wolfram language entity code → Entity["Airport", "LSGS"]
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Wolfram language entity code: Entity["Airport", "LSGS"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257634|batch #257634]]"
  4. 23w ago · ~2026-97857-1 · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named after → —
    Elevation above sea level → {'amount': '+1582'}
    Instance of → —
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Canton of Valais, Sion
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Located in the administrative territorial entity: Sion"
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